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Chain like Phyllosilicate is

A. Amphibole

B. Chlorite

C. Palygorskite-sepiolite

D. Imogolite

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Phyllosilicate, are a compound with a structure in which silicate tetrahedrons each consisting of a central silicon atom surrounded by four oxygen at the corners of a tetrahedron are arranged in form of sheets or chains.
A chain like phyllosilicate is Palygorskite-sepiolite. Both of them have similar fibrous or lath-like morphologies, but palygorskite exhibits more structural diversity.

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